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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
RESUME OF PANEL ARBITRATOR
Robert
C.
Gifford
Monmouth County, NJ
Full-Time Arbitrator, Mediator & Fact-Finder
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
Full-Time Arbitrator since 2001. Issued several hundred awards for a full range of contractual and disciplinary issues in the public and private sector.
MEDIATION AND FACT-FINDING EXPERIENCE:
Full-Time Mediator & Fact-Finder since 2001. Served as Mediator and Fact Finder in several hundred proceedings.
INTEREST ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
Member NJ PERC Special Panel of Interest Arbitrators. Appointments include West Caldwell Tp & PBA; Cranbury Tp & FOP; Fair Lawn & PBA; Fair Lawn & PBA (Superiors); Mountain Lakes & PBA; Springfield Tp & PBA. Also appointed to over 30 interest arbitration cases in Pennsylvania
EDUCATION:
Widener University School of Law - Harrisburg, PA - JD, 1993
The Pennsylvania State University - University Park, PA - BS in Finance, 1989
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Member of the National Academy of Arbitrators. Bar Admissions: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, United State Supreme Court.
Labor & Employment Relations Association.
OTHER RELEVANT OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE:
Staff Attorney - New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission - 1995-1997
Attorney Representing Unions - Schneider Goldberger Cohen Finn Solomon Leder & Montalbano - 1997-1998
Attorney Representing Management - Genova Burns & Vernoia - 1998-2001
Panels: NJPERC (Grievance), NJPERC (Special Panel of Interest Arbitrators), NJPERC (Special Disciplinary Panel), AAA, FMCS, NJSBM, NJ/AFSCME JUMP, NJ/PBA-SLEU JUMP, NJ/NJ Superior Officers Assn Arb, NY/NJ Port Authority Employment Relations Panel, PA State Police & PSTA Disciplinary Arb Panel, Port Auth & TWU Panel, PLRB, PABM, PA Game Commission & PA Conservation Police Officers, PA & AFSCME Arb.
PER DIEM FEES:
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION $
2,500
INTEREST ARBITRATION $
2,600
CANCELLATION NOTICE AND FEE (if any):
Thirty (30) days, or less - full per diem fee.